Hernando Island

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Hernando Island is one of the Discovery Islands near Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.[1] Along with the nearby Cortes Island, it was presumably named in 1792 by Valdez and Galiano after Hernando Cortes, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico.[2]:240

A narrow gauge logging railway operated there in the 1920s. The island is now mostly privately owned by a consortium of larger landowners. In the 1960s the entire island was valued at $55,000.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hernando Island in the BC Geographical Names Information System
  2. ^ Walbran, Captain John T. (1971), British Columbia Place Names, Their Origin and History (Facsimile reprint of 1909 edition ed.), Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, ISBN 0-88894-143-9 

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Hernando Island 49°59′N 124°55′W / 49.983, -124.917Coordinates: 49°59′N 124°55′W / 49.983, -124.917

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